Austan Dean Goolsbee

Austan Dean Goolsbee is a senior economic adviser to the Obama campaign. He is an economist and is currently the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Paul Fauerso

Paul Fauerso founded the Loading Zone in 1966. They were the opening act for such legendary groups as The Who, Rod Stewart, the Grateful Dead, Sam and Dave, Big Brother and the Holding Company with lead singer Janice Joplin, and dozens more.

Major Joseph Kopser

Major Joseph Kopser has been an officer in the U.S. Army for fifteen years. He currently assists in the Army in the integration of the largest modernization effort in its history, known as Future Combat Systems.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Rabbi Abraham Cooper is the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Human Rights organization he helped found in 1977. For over three decades, Rabbi Cooper has overseen the Wiesenthal Center’s international social agenda ranging from worldwide anti-semitism, Nazi war crimes and Restitution, to extremist groups and tolerance education.

Dr. George Weiner

Dr. George Weiner is one of the chief authors of the Obama - Biden Plan to Combat Cancer, announced by Senator Obama September 5, 2008. Dr. Weiner is an Iowa cancer doctor and researcher who worked on the plan in a personal capacity.

Paul Dalio

Mr. Paul Dalio is a second year student in New York University's Graduate School of Film. Graduates include Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese.

Anne Raimondi

Anne Raimondi will discuss her non-profit work in Bali, Indonesia over the last two years. She will give her impressions of what it is like adjusting to living and working in a foreign culture - the challenges and rewards.

Sam Oppenheim

Sam Oppenheim is a photographer and author. He spent the last year working on his new book, Encountering India From Kashmir to Kanyakumari: A Year Long Photographic Odyssey. Sam is a teacher in the New York City Public School System.

Constance Brenneman

Constance Brenneman has an undergraduate degree in drama with a minor in creative writing from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master’s degree as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Constance has worked in television, film, voiceover and hosting.

Andy Zelleke

Andy Zelleke is the co-director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Austan Dean Goolsbee

Austan Dean Goolsbee is a senior economic adviser to the Obama campaign.

Matt Dalio

Matt Dalio is the Founder of China Care Foundation, Inc. and President of its Board of Directors.

Robby Benson

Robby Benson is an American film and television actor, television director and educator. As an actor he was nominated for the three Golden Globe Awards.

Camie Bargerstock

Camie Bargerstock designed her a curriculum entitled The Cultural Organization of Death and Dying in which she studied America's perceptions, rituals, and systems surrounding death, dying, and grief, a reality she observes as rooted in a culture of fear and denial.

Randy Jones

Dennis Raimondi speaks with Broadway and popular star Randy Jones who was featured in the Stephen Sondheim Center production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor live in the studio.

Laura Dawn

Laura Dawn is a political activist and singer/songwriter. She has been the Cultural Director for MoveOn.org and the MoveOn PAC since March 2004. She appears on Moby's latest album Hotel, and she toured the world with him for 7 months in 2005.

Omar Mcdoom

OMAR MCDOOM IS A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE BELFER CENTER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT.

Sara Estrin:

Ms.Estrin recently returned from working with Robin Lim, founder, director, and head midwife of the nonprofit clinic Yayasan Bumi Sehat in Bali, Indonesia.

Senator Art Torres (Ret.):

Senator Art Torres (Ret.) was elected Chairman of the California Democratic Party in 1996. He has been a leader in the Latino community, fighting for better representation and more rights for the state's large and important Latino/Chicano population.

Rianna Koppel:

Rianna Koppel is an undergraduate student at Maharishi University of Management who recently returned from teaching orphans in Kenya, Africa with the Children's Orphange of Kenya.

Former Governor Jesse Ventura:

Former Governor Jesse Ventura was elected in the Minnesota gubernatorial election of 1998 as an Independent and member of the Reform Part. His victory is considered one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history. His most recent book is entitled, Don't Start the Revolution Without Me.

Arthur S. Berger :

ARTHUR S. BERGER, THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. In this position, he focuses on the Museum’s international relations, VIP and Development-related outreach, and key aspects of the Museum’s public relations.

Dr. Chris Wege:

Chris is a crusader for the cause of mandatory labeling of genetically modified substances in our food and is working to pass legislation in 2009 to protect the consumer’s right to know what is in our food.

Stephanie Brancaforte:

Stephanie Brancaforte has worked in the areas of international justice, human rights and development issues. In 2007, she served as an international legal advisor and analyst in the Defence Office at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad.

Dr. Gail Wilensky:

Dr. Wilensky, an economist, and a Senior Fellow at Project HOPE which analyzes and develops policies relating to health care reform and to ongoing changes in the health care environment.

Hunter and Andrea Payne:

Hunter and Andrea run AIDSTILLREQUIRED.ORG It is a non-profit organized around entering post crisis situations to build back better and build green whenever possible.

Martha Frankel:

Martha is the author of Hats and Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair With Gambling, published by Jeremy P. Thatcher/Penguin a member of the Penguin Group (USA).

Thomas Morgan:

Mr. Morgan founded Intercultural Insights in 1994 to provide the highest quality training and consulting to enhance intercultural competencies - the ability to perform confidently and effectively overseas, or with foreign nationals in the United States.

Melchior Digiacomo:

Mel Di Giacomo is a photojournalist and fine art photographer. He has shot over twenty cover photographs for Newsweek Magazine as well as producing several photo essays for Newsweek.

Tom Newmark:

Mr. Newmark is CEO and President of New Chapter, Inc. of Brattleboro, Vermont and a co-owner of Luna Nueva Farm in Costa Rica. He and New Chapter's founder Paul Schulick are the formulators of Zyflamend, one of the world's most respected herbal formulations, and Tom has been awarded multiple patents for innovative herbal formulations.

Former Congressman Mickey Edwards:

Former Congressman Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years and chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee. He was national chairman of the American Conservative Union and one of three founding trustees of the Heritage Foundation.

Senator Charles Grassley:

Charles Grassley has been ranked as high as the third most powerful senator.

Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D.:

Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. is a best-selling author, popular television personality and sought after motivational speaker, who has been a pioneer in the field of personal transformation.

Barack Obama:

Senator Obama is currently seeking the Democratic Nomination to run for President in 2008.

Bill Clinton:

Former United States President Bill Clinton. The forty second President of the United States and husband of presidential hopeful Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton.

John Thune:

John Thune is the United States Senator from South Dakota whose has endorsed Senator John McCain in his bid to become the Republican Party's presidential candidate in 2008.

Tom Vilsack:

Tom Vilsack is the former Governor of Iowa. He is currently serving as the national co-chairman for Hilary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign.

Mike Huckabee:

Mike Huckabee was the Governor of Arkansas from 1996 - 2007. He is currently seeking the Republican Party's nomination to run for President of the U.S. in 2008.

Bob Vander Plaats:

Vanderplaats is the Iowa head of Governor Huckabee's presidential campaign. He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in Iowa.

Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton:

Senator Clinton is the U.S. Senator from New York, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1993 to 2001.

Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards:

Mrs. Edwards is the wife John Edwards, the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who is currently seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to run for President in 2008.

Mrs. Jackie Dodd:

Jackie Dodd, wife of U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Christopher Dodd of Connecticut [D] Jackie Dodd spent 20 years working in national security policy, foreign affairs and trade for the US Government. As CEO and Vice Chair of the Export-Import Bank during the Clinton administration, Mrs Dodd visited over 90 countries around the world, leading trade negotiations and opening new markets to US goods.

Prior to her executive branch experience Mrs Dodd worked on issues of national security in the Congress, she holds a MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.

Congressman Tom Udall:

Congressman Udall serves on the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittees on the Interior and Environment; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and, the Legislative Branch. He is also the Co-Vice Chair of the House Native American Caucus and a member of the Bipartisan Rural Caucus, the Democratic Hispanic Working Group, the Education Task Force, and the Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, among others.

He is currently campaigning on behalf of Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico who is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to run for president in 2008.

Senator Christopher Dodd:

Senator Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a U.S. Senator. He served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. On 11 January 2007, Dodd announced his candidacy for the office of President of the United States on the Imus in the Morning show. On 19 January 2007, Dodd made a formal announcement with supporters at the Old State House in Hartford.

Governor Bill Richardson:

Governor Richardson is currently a candidate in the 2008 United States presidential election. He previously served as a U.S. Representative, Ambassador to the United Nations, and as the Secretary of Energy. He was chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention as well as Chairman of the Democratic Governors' Association. [Rebroadcast]

Gustavo Collantes:

Gustavo Collantes is a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, who focuses on energy and climate change policy, particularly as they relate to transportation, and the economics and politics of low-carbon energy alternatives.

Ben Cohen:

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. Founded in 1978 the company sold in 1999 for over three hundred million dollars. Ben is a member of Businesses for Social Responsibility. He is currently campaigning for presidential hopeful US Senator John Edwards.

Jacqueline Murekatete:

Jacqueline Murekatete, internationally recognized for her work as a humanitarian, speaking out for victims and survivors of genocide. Jacqueline was not yet ten when she lost her immediate and extended family in the Rwanda genocide of 1994. Her story has been featured in the NY Times, the Washington Times, NPR, CNN, PBS, NBC, ABC, and other leading media outlets worlwide.

Allan Cox:

Allan Cox, the author of Your Inner CEO, and founder of Allan Cox and Associates, Inc. Allan has authored seven previous books, including the best seller, Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter.

Steve Forbes:

Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine as well as the President and CEO of it's publisher, Forbes Inc.

Mitt Romney:

Mitt Romney is the former Governor of Massachusetts who is currently seeking the Republican Party's nominaton to run for president of the United States.

Jacob Soboroff:

Jacob Soboroff is the Field Director of WhyTuesday.org Why Tuesday is an effort to make America's democracy stronger through increase voter participation.

Michelle Obama:

Michelle Obama is the wife of United States Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Ms Obama has her BA from Princeton University and her law degree from Harvard University.

Joseph Wilson:

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson is a retired diplomat of the U.S. Foreign Service, who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the George W. Bush administration. Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, is the CIA covert operative allegedly outed by administration officials in retaliation for Wilson's Op-ed piece in the NY Times.

Rudy Giuliani:

Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City who is currently seeking the Republican Party's nomination to run for president of the United States.

Elizabeth Edwards:

Elizabeth Edwards is the wife of former United States Senator John Edwards who is currently seeking the Democratic Party's nomination to run for President of the United States.

John Edwards:

The running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts in 2004. John Edwards is currently a Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election.

Walter Mondale:

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale were elected president and vice president of the United States on Nov. 2, 1976. On the president's behalf, Mondale traveled extensively throughout the nation and the world advocating U.S. policy.

Craig Jessop:

Craig Jessop has been the Musical Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir since October 1999. The Choir has performed for 10 U.S. Presidents, at five Presidential Inaugurations, and has been called by President Reagan, America's Choir.

Sondra Ward:

Recently appointed as Director of Strategic Marketing for the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Iowa, Sondra had recently served as the spokesperson for the Tennis Channel based in Santa Monica, California. Ms. Ward has her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Stanford University.

Jim Leach:

the former United States Congressman from Iowa has recently been named the new director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics.

Dr. Darren Petersen:

Dr. Darren Petersen is a recent recipient of a Fullbright Fellowship. The Fellowship allowed him to teach in the Eastern Free State of South Africa.

U.S. Representative John R. Whitaker:

John R. Whitaker is the Iowa State Representative from the 90th District and is an assistant majority leader. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003.

Professor Hannah Riley Bowles:

Professor Hannah Riley Bowles is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School and on the staff of the Center for Public Leadership.

Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.:

Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was first elected to the United States Senate in 1972 at the age of twenty-nine and is recognized as one of the nation’s most powerful and influential voices on foreign relations, terrorism, drug policy, and crime prevention. He is currently, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Vincent J. Bove:

A nationally acclaimed leadership and security educator.

Jack Garcia:

Joaquin "Jack" Garcia is considered by his peers and leading FBI experts to be the most successful undercover agent in the history of the Bureau. In his 26 years of service with the FBI, Garcia is best known for his undercover role as "Jack Falcone," a self-described Sicilian jewel thief and drug dealer from Miami, Florida, who penetrated the Gambino crime family of La Cosa Nostra in New York for nearly three years. The case resulted in the arrest and conviction of 32 mobsters, including the top members of the Post John Gotti Gambino crime family.

Garcia, played his undercover role so convincingly that he was even proposed for membership into La Cosa Nostra.

Congressman Dennis Kucinich:

U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich was first elected the US House of Representatives. Kucinich has been a tireless advocate for worker rights, civil rights and human rights. He is currently seeking the Democratic Party nomination to run for President in 2008.

Marc Freeman:

For over a decade, Marc has been a consultant on strategy, sales and marketing, product development, product sourcing, and importing. He is the author of the book: Renegotiate with Integrity.